Press Digest: Canada - April 4

Quebecor

04/04/2023 12:03

Feb 23 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories
from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    THE GLOBE AND MAIL
    - IGM Financial Inc  IGM.TO  and Great-West Lifeco Inc
 GWO.TO  have struck a deal that will see independent wealth
manager Investment Planning Counsel Inc change hands while IGM
snaps up a 20.5% stake in U.S. giant Rockefeller Capital
Management.
    
    - Pierre Karl Péladeau, the president and CEO of Quebecor
Inc  QBRb.TO , says he will move "as quickly as possible" to
make good on his promise of bringing down wireless prices for
the customers of Quebecor's newly acquired cellphone carrier,
Freedom Mobile.

    - Three of Canada's big banks have yielded to investor
pressure to have outside firms assess the effectiveness of their
diversity and inclusion policies, but two – Royal Bank of Canada
  RY.TO  and Bank of Montreal  BMO.TO  – are resisting.     
       
    

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